Metairie Club Gardens After Hurricane Katrina Photo Gallery by Coleen Perilloux Landry at pbase.com

Metairie Club Gardens After Hurricane Katrina

This area of Metairie survived the hurricane winds considerably well. It was a break in the 17th Street Canal levee that drains to Lake Pontchartrain that flooded the area after the hurricane. Water at heights of eight feet sat in this area and in the houses for two weeks.
For years the experts have been warning about "the big one" that was coming and the need for better levee protection. Congress vetoed bill after bill for aid for the levees in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans.
When I was in newspaper work I wrote many articles about "the big one" and when I was an editor my staff writers wrote millions of words about it. But, the public officials ignored the warnings. This is the price we are now paying.

CLICK ON THE LITTLE PHOTO AND YOU WILL GET AN ENLARGED PHOTO WITH A STORY UNDER EACH PHOTO.

Battered but Still Beautiful	Metairie-	And The Flag is Still There	Metairie
Note waterline and mark above door	Gardens-Killed-by water	Metairie Golf Club after the floodwaters that followed Katrina	Metairie-Country Club
Northline Drive	Metairie	Metairie-Old Metairie near Northline	Gardens-Killed By Standing Water
Metairie	Out for the pickup	Metairie Country Club at end of oak allee'	Notice water line on oak tree
October-8-Farham-Place	Six weeks after Katrina	October 14	Only the Oaks Are Green-October 14
Prime Real Estate	A Well Decorated FEMA Trailer	Pelham Drive--Eight Months After Katrina	Eight Months After the Flooding
Northline-Eleven Months Later	Two Years Later - 2007

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Noemia Costa Dias		06-Nov-2005 23:46
While we were suffering the hell of fires seeing our country devastated by flames, from the other side of the Atlantic came the terrible news of the devastation of the Katrina. Terrible days we all lived this summer....this is our third summer of big fire devastation, the government should be better prepared, (but we are a small and poor country). I always thought a big rich country like the USA would be prepared for such a tragedy.Your photos are an amazing work. Greetings from Portugal.

Guest		05-Oct-2005 22:45
Such unabashed and unnecessary devastation! The blame belongs soundly on the shoulders of LOCAL government and those that continued to elect such reprehensible, irresponsible, greedy monsters who'd rather line their own pockets than carry out the job they were elected to perform. Louisiana has historically been a hornet's nest of crooked politicians and I certainly hope not ONE of those currently in office is EVER re-elected to public office.

Ieke Vonk		29-Sep-2005 03:22
Ohh Coleen, it is terrible... Thanks for sharing!!!

JW		25-Sep-2005 17:22
Another important gallery, Coleen. It seems unbelievable that a city BELOW sea level failed to take heed of your warnings. Thanks for having the curage to bring these painful images to the world.

Karen Stuebing		25-Sep-2005 11:37
How horrible this must be. Not only the damamge but knowing that an ounce of prevention would have saved this beautiful estate. Hindsight is too late here. A true tradegy. Vote.

northstar37		24-Sep-2005 12:33
Every picture is worth a close study.

Tine Verheyden		24-Sep-2005 06:15
It's sooooooooooo sad to see all these picture. It's hard to believe it's for real. thanks for sharing all these pictures with us. v

Cliff Hutson		24-Sep-2005 02:08
I am very glad that you made it through Katrina safely and have the spirit to document what happened. May Rita cause you no further harm.

Gayle Jenkins		24-Sep-2005 01:03
Coleen, I have so many friends whose homes have been destroyed. It is heartbreaking. Thanks for sharing these so that the rest of the world can see the our horror.

Mindy McNaugher		24-Sep-2005 00:41
Coleen, a devastating, but amazing documentation of the damage done there! It is heart breaking to see in photographs. I can only imagine what it is like for you to witness firsthand! A vote for your gallery! But a vote also for your courage!

Paul Dovie Jr		24-Sep-2005 00:41
I know most of those homes, Ben has taken me through there and it is hard to look at and see what has happened. I hope the levee board is happy with the gambling boat and the harbor that they built with the money for the levees. This is the thing that needs to be told. Keep up the great work, you have my vote.

Al Chesworth		23-Sep-2005 21:51
Voted.

Anna Yu		23-Sep-2005 17:59
An excellent documentary gallery. We don't get to see this kind of pictures in the media.

Ed Goodnight		23-Sep-2005 17:57
Another vote here Ed

J. Scott Coile		23-Sep-2005 15:48
So sad. So well documanted. I hope you keep updating this gallery. Others should see this instead of the loops the media runs. VOTE!

petesie		23-Sep-2005 11:30
Oh, Coleen. This is you and your friends. How very, very heartbreaking. To me this makes it so real, and I know that photos cannot truly show the devastation. One bright note, the oaks live on...at least I hope that is true. Amazing.

laine82		23-Sep-2005 09:37
Coleen this is so very sad to see. For you it must be so very painful.

ewa toll		23-Sep-2005 05:53
yes they spoked about that scandal here in France after the hurricane ! It's always like that , you must have a desaster first ......

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